"Fears about... commodifying education can be addressed through market accountability and employer feedback."

the writer gives a *clue* about what they think of such fears here ...

Nothing wrong with a footballer (or anyone) liking a famous 'Inspirational Quote', but let's not pretend it reveals JB as some savant admirer of obscure US presidents

Get a grip m8

I wrote a Substack piece about the Criminal Cases Review Commission's recent decision to refer a major 'gangs' related joint enterprise murder case to the Court of Appeal

Another difference is that racism is a core part of Starmer’s policy agenda, and his public speeches and self-presentation since becoming PM? Can’t say anything remotely similar for Corbyn

I wonder what gave them the idea of targeting Haiti specifically.

I try not to play the "as a parent" card too much... but as a parent this really really sickens me. It's so disgusting. We need to be careful with moral language in politics sometimes, but I think there's a place for it here.

What’s the quote he’s reacting to?

some ppl who post the meme might respond to you that a party which merely acknowledges those rights is substantively not very different from one which does not - if the acknowledgement is not accompanied by doing anything to defend those rights.

the signs stand 4 a type of empty rhetoricalism.IMO

thanks for sharing!

this makes me think of Mark Gevisser's biography of Thabo Mbeki. not really a page turner admittedly, but if you're interested in South Africa's liberation and the generation of leaders that came directly after, it's peerless

CCRC press release:

If this leave to appeal means scrutiny may be applied to how prosecutions construct such cases, this could be incredibly significant- even beyond its potential impact on the men in this case.

My 2018 article is up thread, and my website has links to my other writing on joint enterprise.

The opportunity to appeal is not in itself a reversal of a conviction, but this is an incredibly important decision. As I detail in my article (and David explains very succinctly in his on the latest news), the “gang” is often central to this type of case.

As detailed in David Conn’s Guardian article on the CCRC’s decision, posted at the top of the thread challenging the use of this gang label is central to the three men's application for leave to appeal their convictions. Evidently the CCRC agreed with them.

As I argued in my article on the Moss Side case, a key mechanism through which this institutionally racist outcome emerges is the idea of the “gang”, a label which is much more likely to be applied to Black than white youth, researchers have found.

One of the big problems with joint enterprise, and a reason for why it’s so controversial, is the very clear racial disparity in its use: young Black and mixed race men are much more likely than their white counterparts to be prosecuted on this basis.